Sofa and bedstead combined



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J. J. BAYLOR.

SOFA AND, BEDSTEAD GOMBINED.

No. 337,652. Patented Mar.j9, 1886,

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SOFAAND BEDSTEAD COMBINED. I No. 337,652. Patented Marl), 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. BAYLOR, OF NORTH MANLIUS, NEW YORK.

SOFA AND BEDSTEAD COMBINED.

SPEGIFL'CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,652, dated Mach 9, 1886.

Application filed December 10, 1885. Serial No. 185,222. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, JOHN J. BAYLOR, of North Manlius, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Sofa and Bedstead Combined, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of comhined sofa and bedstead for which I have filed an application for patent on the 27th day of November, 1885, Serial No. 184,052.

My present invention consists of a sofaframe divided horizontally through the center and the two sections hinged together at the front, the upper section having raised ends, and the lower section formed with correspondingly-shaped ends, but inverted and upholstered on its under side, all as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings. Figure l is a perspective view of my invention in position for use as asofa. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal 2 section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the invention in position for use as a bedstead. 1

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and A represent the two sections of the sofa-frame divided horizontally through the center and hinged together at the front. The upper section, A, is formed with the usual raised ends or head-rests and upholstered in 5 the usual manner, and the lower section is formed with correspondingly-shaped ends, but in an inverted position, and is upholstered correspondingly on its under side, so that by unfolding the lower section from under the 40 upper section and swinging the former forward to the front of the latter a wide upbolstered bedstead is obtained, as represented in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The upholstering being secured to the bottom of the lower sofasection and to the top of the upper sofa-sec- 5 tion forms at the adjacent sides of said sections recesses r r for the storage of the bedclothes when the apparatus is in position for use as a sofa. On the inner sides of the said recesses are pivoted legs a a, which can be 5c swung out into upright positions to support the bedstead at a proper elevation from the floor, and can be folded back into the recesses when the apparatus is folded to form a sofa.

I am' aware that prior to my present invention lounges have been formed with fold ing duplex seats movably connected with the frame and adapted to be unfolded to form the bottom of a bed, but such a combination of parts is more complicated than my invention 6c and does not possess the same rigidity in either its folded or unfolded positions.

What I claim as my invention is- The sofa-frame divided horizontallythrough the center and the two sections hinged together at the front, the upper section having raised ends and the lower section formed with correspondingly-shaped ends, but inverted and upholstered on its under side, substantially as described and shown. 7c

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 4th day of November, 1885.

JOHN J. BAYLOR. [1... s 4

Witnesses:

G. H. DUELL, O. BENDIXON. 

